When I was remodeling the farm house [no brick except behind the
Vermont Castings stove], neighbors were building theirs. Probably late
70s. They had a brick wall in the kitchen that included a rotisserie
and a pass-through fire pit that was shared with the living room. It as
all clay brick, not the concrete stuff, and very interesting. The
chimney drew perfectly; you couldn't smell the mesquite in either room.

On Monday, September 6, 2004, at 06:41 PM, Kitty wrote:

You even had different pictures for it? Wow. Well, I never liked
brick
inside. Not the place for it. Especially the kitchen where grease
collects
on it. But your application was pretty creative.

It was a big thing back then.... I remember finding enough of it at a
garage sale and doing an entire wall in the dinning area. <chuckles>
and
my Dh at the time made a phony/real window in the middle. He was an
artist and did a painting for the backdrop of the window so it looked
like you were viewing a wonderful outdoor scene... Pretty real
looking,
remembering folks closing the window cause it started raining
out...LOL!!

The folks that bought that house must have thought we were
nuts!....(ok,
it was the times)...hum, wonder how long it took those folks to
realize
they were not looking outside...or if he gave then all the different
season pictures to use....(we were divorced by the time the house was
sold, he handled the sale for the most part. I signed papers at
closing
and picked up my check!)..

Gosh, haven't thought about that in years! ROFLOL!

Donna

My Gawd Kitty, you chipped off Z-Brick?? Isn't that just about a
crime?LOL.
I certainly have removed enough of that stuff to last a lifetime
while
remodeling various homes, and to think that in the late 60's I